It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
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It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.postato in Uncategorized
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"How can I tell," said the man, "that the past isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical sensations and my state of mind?"postato in Uncategorized
"How can I tell," said the man, "that the past isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical sensations and my state of mind?"
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"Ford," insisted Arthur, "I don't know if this sounds like a silly question, but what am I doing here?"postato in Uncategorized
"Ford," insisted Arthur, "I don't know if this sounds like a silly question, but what am I doing here?"
"Well you know that," said Ford. "I rescued you from the Earth."
"And what's happened to the Earth?"
"Ah. It's been demolished."
"Has it," said Arthur levelly.
"Yes. It just boiled away into space."
"Look," said Arthur, "I'm a bit upset about that." -
"Ford," he said, "you're turning into a penguin.postato in Uncategorized
"Ford," he said, "you're turning into a penguin. Stop it."
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There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind.postato in Uncategorized
There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind.
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In the beginning the Universe was created.postato in Uncategorized
In the beginning the Universe was created.
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Such generators were often used to break the ice at parties by making all the molecules in the hostess's undergarments leap simultaneously one foot to the left, in accordance with the Theory of Indeterminacy.postato in Uncategorized
Such generators were often used to break the ice at parties by making all the molecules in the hostess's undergarments leap simultaneously one foot to the left, in accordance with the Theory of Indeterminacy. Many respectable physicists said that they weren't going to stand for this, partly because it was a debasement of science, but mostly because they didn't get invited to those sorts of parties.
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For a moment or two the old man didn't reply.postato in Uncategorized
For a moment or two the old man didn't reply. He was staring at the instruments with the air of one who is trying to convert Fahrenheit to centigrade in his head while his house is burning down.
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"Some factual information for you.postato in Uncategorized
"Some factual information for you. Have you any idea how much damage that bulldozer would suffer if I just let it roll straight over you?"
"How much?" said Arthur.
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And as they drifted up, their minds sang with the ecstatic knowledge that either what they were doing was completely and utterly and totally impossible or that physics had a lot of catching up to do.postato in Uncategorized
And as they drifted up, their minds sang with the ecstatic knowledge that either what they were doing was completely and utterly and totally impossible or that physics had a lot of catching up to do.
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One of the problems has to do with the speed of light and the difficulties involved in trying to exceed it.postato in Uncategorized
One of the problems has to do with the speed of light and the difficulties involved in trying to exceed it. You can't. Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.
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So long, and thanks for all the fish!postato in Uncategorized
So long, and thanks for all the fish!
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"Protect me from knowing what I don't need to know.postato in Uncategorized
"Protect me from knowing what I don't need to know. Protect me from even knowing that there are things to know that I don't know. Protect me from knowing that I decided not to know about the things that I decided not to know about. Amen."
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"Concentrate," hissed Zaphod, "on his name."postato in Uncategorized
"Concentrate," hissed Zaphod, "on his name."
"What is it?" asked Arthur.
"Zaphod Beeblebrox the Fourth."
"What?"
"Zaphod Beeblebrox the Fourth. Concentrate!"
"The Fourth?"
"Yeah. Listen, I'm Zaphod Beeblebrox, my father was Zaphod Beeblebrox the Second, my grandfather Zaphod Beeblebrox the Third..."
"What?"
"There was an accident with a contraceptive and a time machine. Now concentrate!" -
"I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed," Marvin said.postato in Uncategorized
"I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed," Marvin said.
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It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.postato in Uncategorized
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
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"But I'm quite used to being humiliated," droned Marvin, "I can even go and stick my head in a bucket of water if you like.postato in Uncategorized
"But I'm quite used to being humiliated," droned Marvin, "I can even go and stick my head in a bucket of water if you like. Would you like me to go and stick my head in a bucket of water? I've got one ready. Wait a minute."
"Er, hey, Marvin ..." interrupted Zaphod, but it was too late. Sad little clunks and gurgles came up the line.
"What's he saying?" asked Trillian.
"Nothing," said Zaphod, "he just phoned to wash his head at us." -
In a mute embrace, they drifted up till they were swimming among the misty wraiths of moisture that you can see feathering around the wings of an airplane but can never feel because you are sitting warm inside the stuffy airplane and looking through th...postato in Uncategorized
In a mute embrace, they drifted up till they were swimming among the misty wraiths of moisture that you can see feathering around the wings of an airplane but can never feel because you are sitting warm inside the stuffy airplane and looking through the little scratchy Plexiglas window while somebody else's son tries patiently to pour warm milk into your shirt.
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So long, and thanks for all the fish!postato in Uncategorized
So long, and thanks for all the fish!
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Many people now say that the poems are suddenly worthless.postato in Uncategorized
Many people now say that the poems are suddenly worthless. Others argue that they are exactly the same as they always were, so what's changed?